[How To] Grounded Optimization Summary

[WIP] This guide's purpose is to give multiple options to players experiencing a variety of latency, lag, FPS, or other gameplay-related issues, as well as potential solutions.

Introduction to Game

Entering early access on Steam on 28 July, 2020, Grounded is a game developed by Obsidian and published by Xbox Game Studios. It runs on Unreal Engine 4, and follows typical optimization settings as other UE4 games, with Grounded-focused improvements listed in this guide in the effort to increase the performance of your game.

This guide is separated into two parts, each with their own methods to troubleshoot the problem you're experiencing. The first, graphical optimizations (#1a,b,...), and the second, network optimizations (#2a,b,...).

#1a - In-Game Graphical Settings

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* By default, Grounded runs at 100% resolution - users experiencing crashing should try to reduce to 50% resolution, and gradually increase to see if crashes decrease (c. Mr.SnuggleMuffins).
* Disabling motion blur will not disable blurring of far-distance objects; see game config settings section for an alternative
* Running on lower resolutions typically helps in any game, but GroundedGame seems to benefit greatly from windowed-fullscreen resolutions (c. xainjaya)

#1b - GPU / OS Settings

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* NVIDIA's GPU Control Panel, pointing to GroundedGame executable
* AMD's GPU Control Panel
* Windows refresh-rate settings
* HDR

#1c - Game Config Settings

Warning: This method of changing settings is not advised, and should not be attempted until the prior two methods have been tried. Use this only to change settings not normally configurable via in-game settings (which are currently lacking at the time of this writing).

Located in:
WpSystem/S-1-5-21(Bunch of numbers)/AppData/Packages/Microsoft.Maine_(random numbers)/LocalCache/Local/Maine/Saved/Config/WinAnvil then click on GameUserSettings.ini (c. Mr.SnuggleMuffins).

Note: I personally found my config in
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Maine\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\GameUserSettings.ini

Config structure:
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Config changes:

* Disable distance/background blurring: PostProcessQuality=0 (c. Mr.SnuggleMuffins).

#2a - Troubleshooting Online Multiplayer via In-Game Methods

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* As of the early-access release of the game, by spamming the "Host online lobby" button and ignoring the "Unable to host lobby" errors, one is able to enter into prelobby.
* Similarly, one is able to join the host by repeatedly pressing the "Join lobby" button, until their host's lobby is displayed.
* As of writing (29 July 2020), only friends of the host via Xbox Live are able to join a hosted online lobby.

#2b - Potential Online-Issue Workarounds

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* If one is not able to get past "Logging in" when starting the game, ensure GroundedGame is whitelisted in both your firewall as well as antivirus (c. @nas. 136)
* Portforwarding of host
* Reinstallation of game (use as last resort) if verifying integrity fails
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Finishing Thoughts

With more content being added to the game regularly, I encourage users to continue reporting bugs and potential improvements to the game both on Steam and Grounded's Discord (found on their website).

Further, feel free to suggest improvements to this guide, as both the suggestion and your attribution will be displayed!

[TheTarr]

I think that's a corrupted save, try using an older backup of the world.

[LT Demetrian Titus]

hi someone please help me on this, i got crashed some time when try to join multiplayer or try to get in the file that i already save, it crash on me every time i try to fetch the file or getting in via any play mode single or multiplayer is the same, is nether froze and crash on it self or crashing right after i press the button, please send help :<

[Starker]

PostProcessQuality=0 does not remove distant blur.

[Маленький кит]

Please add the ability to name cable cars to the game. For example, you point the sight at a rope and an inscription appears, where exactly this rope leads. My friend and I played yesterday building a lot of cable cars from one end of the map to the other. During construction, we did not understand which station we were aiming at. So it would be nice to also show the names when building.

[The Cleaner]

@whaazel...I noticed the same thing after the latest update. Had no issues joining prior to that. My son & I game on same network. He can join my world, by I can't join his. Wasn't always like that.

[whaazel]

Frustrated! I can join my friends game, however they don't even see mine in "friends search" and therefore can't join it. How can this be?

[Deathwish24]

would love to join my wife and friend on line but it will not do it ?????????? bloody good game though

[The Unfunny Man]

this game is not working for me then i play it the game lags a LOT AND i can,t get to the main menu bc of this lose er xbox sgin what will not let me exit

[✪ wisp]

make sure once you guys make yourInGameUserSettings file and saved it, you right click, properties, and you click read only

[Viktor]

my game has no issues what so ever, but i cant seem to be able to turn that blur off even following your guide, in my "GameUserSettings" i added a line
PostProcessQuality=0
but blur is still there